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A half-folded stroller shoved into the trunk of a car next to a diaper bag.

The brutal truth about buying a stroller and car seat travel system

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery surrounded by cardboard boxes and packing styrofoam. You're quietly crying because the plastic adapters for the infant car seat don't seem to fit the stroller...

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Messy living room floor with soft blocks and a wooden crochet bear toy.

Why I Threw Away the Pink Plastic (And Found Better Baby Girl Toys)

It was 2:14 AM on December 26th, and I was sitting on the floor in a nursing bra that had completely given up the ghost sometime in 2016 and a pair of Dave's boxer briefs, furiously crying over a plastic...

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A pile of brand new stiff infant footwear in a cardboard donation box

The Real Story Behind Those Unworn Infant Shoes on Resale Apps

I'm currently staring at six pairs of stiff, leather infant oxfords sitting in my donation pile. Hemingway supposedly wrote a famous six-word tragedy about unworn baby shoes, but honestly, any mom on a local buy-nothing group will tell you it's...

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Tired father holding a tiny electric infant toothbrush while twin girls run away

Dear Past Me: The Baby Sonic Toothbrush Wars Will Break You

Dear Tom of six months ago, It's currently Tuesday evening, and you're sitting on the cold, damp tiles of the family bathroom. You have a standard-issue manual infant toothbrush clutched in your sweating right hand, while your twin daughters have...

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Finding Rare Beanie Babies In The Attic (And Why I Panicked)

Dear Priya from last October. You're sitting on the concrete floor of your parents' garage in Naperville, surrounded by cardboard boxes that smell like old rain and mothballs. Your mom is upstairs texting you asking if you found the baby...

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Exhausted dad staring at a mustard-stained baby onesie at 3 AM while trying to figure out the shoulder snaps.

Dear Past Marcus: A Debugging Guide to the Basic Baby Onesie

It's 3:14 AM in our drafty Portland apartment, and I'm holding my screaming four-month-old son at arm's length like he's a live explosive device. The incident has breached containment. A toxic, mustard-yellow substance has defied the elastic boundaries of his...

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Tired mother reading IRS tax forms on the couch next to a baby

The chaotic reality of opening a trump baby account for your toddler

It was midnight on a tuesday when my husband forwarded me an email from our cpa that made my left eye twitch. I was sitting on the nursery floor in my old nursing scrubs, trying to wipe pureed sweet potato...

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Exhausted dad holding two babies while staring confused at a massive pink tulle tutu

Surviving the Frilly Nightmare of Cute Baby Girl Clothes

I'm currently standing in the disabled toilet of a Costa Coffee in Wandsworth, staring in abject horror at my daughter’s back. She is wearing a gift from a well-meaning great-auntβ€”a vintage-style, sage green dress featuring no fewer than fourteen microscopic...

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A tired mom holding an organic baby bottle while wiping spit-up off her shirt in a dimly lit nursery.

The Best Formula for Breastfed Babies (And How to Survive the Switch)

It was 2:14 in the morning with my oldest son, Wyatt, and I was sitting on the edge of the glider sobbing into a burp cloth. He was screaming like a banshee, rooting around like a little feral piglet, and...

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